privacy policy

This policy outlines how your information is collected and used in the course of interacting with Holland Cox, through visiting the website, visiting the blog, signing up for the Insider's List or the Syndicate List, making a purchase, interacting with us on social media, or other communications. This policy may be updated at any time, and changes will be effective at the time of publication on this website. By continuing to interact with Holland Cox, you agree to the privacy policy as updated on this page.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Personal information. Personal information includes any information that can identify you individually, including your name, address, shipping address, email address, and phone number. It also includes payment information and other financial data. Personal information can also include information gathered from social media, including user names, location, gender, profile pictures and other profile information. This information is provided to us by you voluntarily when you make a purchase, sign up for an email list, or interact with us on social media. You may also provide this information to us when you interact with us in other ways, for example by emailing with questions, commenting on the blog, or participating in in-person events or online contests or promotions. You are in no obligation to provide this information, and the decision to disclose this information is entirely voluntary. Your refusal to provide such information may however prevent you from making purchases or enjoying other benefits from interacting with us.

Device information. This is information that can be gathered automatically from your device when you visit our website, blog, or interact with us on social media. This can include information like device ID, information about the web pages visited and products viewed, your IP address, your browser and operating system, and location. This information gathering is achieved through technologies like cookies, log files and web beacons, and electronic files like pixels (for example: using the Facebook pixel means if you visit our website, you are more likely to see our Facebook ads). You can disable cookies in your browser and set other browser-based privacy precautions. However, this may limit your ability to interact with our website.

WHAT WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION

Your personal information as voluntarily provided to us is used to fulfill our obligations to you, including filling orders, processing payments, arranging for shipping of goods, arranging for electronic transfer of electronic products, providing you with order updates, sending email updates via the Insider's List or the Syndicate List, interacting with you via social media, provide updates on offers and services, and otherwise communicate with you with regard to our legitimate business interests.

Your device information is used to track visitors to web pages, blog pages, and social media pages associated with Holland Cox; analyze performance of our website and blog pages; screen interactions for potential risk or fraud; and allow for the possibility of customized interaction with our website, and for targeted advertising.

Disclosure of information. Your personal information or device information may be shared with third party processors for the purposes of administering our legitimate business interests, including the administration of our website, processing orders and payments of goods and services, communicating with you, and promoting and providing updates on goods and services we offer. The lawful basis for collecting and disclosure of this information is your consent to this privacy policy, and our right to promote and protect our legitimate business interests. We recommend that you read the privacy policies of the individual third parties so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.

The third party processors we use include:

Shopify – used to power our online storefront, including processing payments at hollandcox.com https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy

Square – used to process payments at in-person events https://squareup.com/legal/privacy

You can block cookies from these third parties and otherwise restrict their access to your personal information by updating your privacy settings in your browser, and in your personal accounts with Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. Blocking cookies may impact how you can interact with our website and blog.

In-house processing. For the most part, your personal information will be processed by third parties such as those listed above, as we do not possess the means to perform these functions in-house. However, occasionally your personal information may be subject to in-house processing, including the information stated above (under “information we collect”), as well as information you have voluntarily provided to us like blog comments, product and service reviews, and photos and comments shared via social media. If such processing occurs, it would be for the purposes of legitimate business interests, including promotion of goods and services, analysis or improvement of products or services, administration, maintenance, or improvement of websites or web pages associated with Holland Cox.

Other disclosures. We may disclose your personal information to third parties other than those listed above for very specific legal or legitimate business related purposes, including in response to a legal process or obtaining legal advice, or protection of our business interests such as maintaining insurance coverage or addressing fraud or credit risks. Your information will never be sold to a third party.

External links. We are not subject to the privacy policies of any third party website or blog you may encounter via hyperlinks from our web pages or blog pages, nor are they constrained by this privacy policy.

YOUR RIGHTS

You have the right to access the personal information we have collected and used about you, and to request that information be updated or deleted. Please note we reserve the right to request proof of your identity before providing you with personal information or updating or deleting said information.

Data retention. Your personal information will be retained to fulfill our obligations to you, and to provide us with records necessary for the protection of our business, and compliance with legal obligations.

Consent. By voluntarily providing your personal information in the course of placing orders, signing up for email lists, contacting employees, commenting on the blog, providing product or service reviews, interacting with us via social media, and other affirmative interactions with Holland Cox, you are consenting to the use of your personal information in the ways described in this privacy policy.

SECURITY

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed. If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.

AGE OF CONSENT

By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you, in which case you will be notified ahead of the time of such a merger or acquisition.

QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION

If you would like to access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information contact me at valerie@hollandcox.com or by mail at: Holland Cox 708 N Howard St #101 Alexandria Virginia US 22304.